by Yabi

All you need is just a little PATIENCE

When blessings are delayed, God wants you to enjoy and appreciate all the other blessings that are in your life right now.

But believe that right now, God is cooking the miracle that you need in His kitchen. He’s preparing it for you. He’s baking it to perfection.

It’s been exactly 3 months and 3 weeks since my last project ended. The 1st and 2nd month went so fast because I went back to the Philippines for my mom’s b-day. If I can only stay longer but I have to get back here and find a job for the house, car, insurance, bills etc.

I applied for unemployment benefits which really helped … $406/week were not bad to get by. But as the government letter stated “We are paying you to find a job” so I have to list at least 5 weekly work searches to continue receiving the benefits. I have to post my resume everywhere: P … monster job for example.

Recruiters said Eureka lol… they will keep on sending email and will call you for the entire job that will match your resume. I’ll have like 3 to 4 phone interviews every day … sometimes for the same job. They will force you to sign the Rights to represent document.

I have not applied for work for the last 4 years. I didn’t know that there are lots of new policies. Like you cannot work for contract after your last contract ends… you have to wait 45-60 days especially if you worked more than a year from your last job. They said that according to the law if you are working for a year then the company must hire you as permanent/local. So it prolongs the wait… Being impatient as I am hehehe I have to do something that makes me busy.

I continue my Digital Photography classes. I still have 3 subjects more to get my certification. I enrolled Night, Low Light and Flash Photography, Action Photography and Foundations of Photographic Style which is darn so boring :(. It’s nice that our HS Reunion took place here in Dallas; I have some client’s shoots on weekends and some b-day parties to attend.

As I continue my job search I applied to the entire job posting on all telecoms company near my zip code. I was lucky to get an interview on one of the job in 3 days. After the Technical interview, I got the HR interview the following week. I was surprised that the following day they already gave me the offer. I was not planning of getting a permanent job since a contract work will pay more. I asked some friends who used to work as a consultant like me why did they accepted being local. They said that the benefits will almost equal the difference of the dollar amount that we received as a contractor. So I said ok I’ll try then. I signed the job offer last August 13. The following week I have to do the drug test and now I still have to wait for the result of the back ground check.

Since I graduated from a different country international check takes forever… Yeah literally 😦 … It was really good that I still have to attend my classes while waiting.

Last update from the verification:

We are currently awaiting results needed to verify your criminal background in the Philippines. This request was submitted on 8/18/10 and average turnaround time is 15 business days. Once these results have been received your background investigation will be complete.